Presented by Cesaro will finally get an opportunity to swing Universal Champion Roman Reigns out of his spot at the head of the table when The Swiss Superman challenges The Big Dog at WrestleMania Backlash. The freakishly strong Cesaro has arguably never looked better. Not only has he scored several high-profile victories on SmackDown in recent months, including a huge win over Daniel Bryan, but he put the exclamation point on his ascension with a victory over Seth Rollins at WrestleMania. Despite Cesaro’s achievements, Universal Champion Roman Reigns hasn’t acknowledged him with any level of respect and flat out refused to give him a title match. Bryan saw the injustice in the titleholder’s actions and publicly championed for Cesaro, a move that led Reigns to defeat The Leader of the “Yes!” Movement in a title match to bar him from SmackDown forever.
WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2021 preview: Match Card, Live Streaming
Scheduled to take place on May 16, 2021, the 16th event in the Backlash chronology will be live on the WWE Network as well as on Supersport for all South African fans to enjoy.
WrestleMania Backlash is set to deal with the fallout from WWE’s flagship event, just over a month after the showcase of immortals.
WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2021 preview: Match Card
WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
Bobby Lashley (c) vs Drew McIntyre vs Braun Strowman
Universal Championship Match
SmackDown Women’s Championship Match
Bianca Belair (c) vs Bayley
Raw Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match
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Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro
Cesaro will finally get an opportunity to swing Universal Champion Roman Reigns out of his spot at the head of the table when The Swiss Superman challenges The Big Dog at WrestleMania Backlash.
The freakishly strong Cesaro has arguably never looked better. Not only has he scored several high-profile victories on SmackDown in recent months, including a huge win over Daniel Bryan, but he put the exclamation point on his ascension with a victory over Seth Rollins at WrestleMania.
Despite Cesaro’s achievements, Universal Champion Roman Reigns hasn’t acknowledged him with any level of respect and flat out refused to give him a title match. Bryan saw the injustice in the titleholder’s actions and publicly championed for Cesaro, a move that led Reigns to defeat The Leader of the “Yes!” Movement in a title match to bar him from SmackDown forever.
WWE turned back the clock with a special Throwback edition of Friday Night SmackDown this week.
There were plenty of surprises in store with a number of big returns, huge matches and of course, plenty of nostalgic hits.
So let s get straight into it. Check out the full results from SmackDown below.
Throwback SmackDown began with Jimmy Usos s return, chaos and a high-stakes WrestleMania Backlash stipulation
Still relishing in barring Daniel Bryan from SmackDown last week, Universal Champion Roman Reigns welcomed back his cousin Jimmy Uso to the show as The Leader of Yes! Movement s replacement.
When Seth Rollins jumped an emerging Cesaro from behind and the two Superstars began to brawl prior to their highly anticipated WrestleMania rematch, legendary General Manager Theodore Long hit the scene as part of the special Throwback episode of SmackDown!